Colonel Armstrong, i. 227;
conduct of the troops from, ii. 347, 500, 708;
weakness of Washington's army in, ii. 365;
necessities of the continental army supplied by, ii. 670;
mutiny at Morristown of the troops from, ii. 707;
proposal of the executive council of, to bestow a pecuniary reward on
Washington, iii. 41;
resistance in the western parts of, to the excise laws, in 1792,
iii. 217;
letter of Washington respecting rebellious movements in, in 1794,
iii. 305;
commencement of the "Whiskey Insurrection" in the western counties of,
iii. 307;
volunteers raised in, in 1794, through the eloquence of Mifflin
(_note_), iii. 317;
property owned by Washington in, at the time of his death, iii. 543.

Penobscot bay, destruction of an American flotilla in, by Admiral Collier,
ii. 661.

Percy, Lord, British reinforcements brought up by, at the battle of
Lexington, i. 508;
narrow escape of, at Cambridge, i. 509.

Peyroney, Chevalier de, with Braddock in his expedition against Fort
Duquesne, i. 152.

Philadelphia, number of houses in, in 1756, i. 198;
private entertainments in, in 1774 (_note_), i. 419;
measures taken by the people of, after the battle of Lexington, i. 517;
the continental army marched by Washington through the streets of,
ii. 495;
application of Hamilton to the ladies of, for clothing for the troops,
ii. 517;
march of Cornwallis into--fortifications of, taken possession of by the
British--cannonade opened upon, by frigates in the Delaware, ii. 518;
the capture of, disastrous to the British cause, ii. 519;
Washington urged to make an attack upon, ii. 566;
language of Marshall, in relation to Washington's prudence in not
attacking, ii. 567;
preparations of the British for leaving, ii. 616;
evacuation of, by Sir Henry Clinton, by order of the British ministry,
ii. 617;
sum of money raised by the ladies of, for the patriot army, ii. 678;
reception of Washington at, in 1789, iii. 86;
chosen in 1790 as the seat of government for ten years, iii. 150;
effects of the removal of the seat of government to, iii. 167;
arrival of Washington in, in 1790--Mrs. Washington's first _levee_ in,
iii. 170;
Washington's proclamation in 1793 approved by the "solid men" of,
iii. 250;
yellow fever in, in 1793, iii. 280;
left by Washington during the visit of th